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Chapter 35: Getting Away
Fox and Teresa were carrying on with their lives, much to the dismay of Ethan Winthrop who was in jail, and Noah Bennett who decided to live in Harmony anyway. A couple of weeks had past since the twins were back and Fox and Teresa wanted to get away for a couple of days.
"Teresa, we have to get away soon. We haven't been on a family vacation since, since, well, ever!"
"I know. I know. Let's see," she flipped through some books, "well, Key West sounds nice, or Orlando, b/c we could take the kids to Disney world."
"Teresa, why not Malibu Beach in California?"
"Take the kids to Malibu?"
"Yeah. There's the beach, and the water, and parks, and Dylan and Whitney are staying there for a while because Whitney has so many matches there these days. We could stay with them."
"Well," she looked at him, "I guess so. I mean, since I haven't seen Whitney in so long and all."
"Great. I'll call Dylan and make all the plans." He hopped up from his seat and kissed her and went directly to his cell phone to call Dylan.
Charity walked into room and sat down by Teresa, "Why is he so happy?"
"We're going to Malibu on a family vacation."
"Oh wow. That's so cool! I wish Miguel and I could get away for a while."
"Charity, I'm sorry for always asking you to watch the kids."
"No, it's not that. I love watching the kids. It's just that Miguel and I haven't really been intimate since Chastity was born."
"Not that fantasy thing again?"
"I hope not."
"Well, Miguel loves you and I'm sure if you tried something new with him, he'd be all for it."
"I guess so."
Fox sat down at the table and was getting anxious to talk with Teresa and Charity knew it so she said, "I have to check on the kids. Be right back." She got up from Fox's seat and went to check on the kids as Fox nearly fell over trying to get back to his seat.
"Okay, babe. Plans are made and we leave tonight on the Crane jet."
"Tonight?
"Yeah."
"Fox I won't have enough time to pack for all of us!"
"I'll pack for the kids and you pack for you and me.'
"I don't think so. I don't trust you with packing for anyone."
"Well, I mean it's the Crane jet so we can leave anytime we please.
"Okay. Good." And with that she got to pack clothes and prepare the kids for their first plane trip.
*~*~* Malibu *~*~* (A/N: Everyone is staying at Dylan's penthouse. It has the beach and water in the "backyard".)
"Cristina! Don't throw the sand at him! Dylan! Get over here!"
Dylan was laughing as he took the sand from Cristina who was pounding the sand into Nick's (JR) head.
Fox and Whitney were in the house preparing a picnic Dylan brought Nick in. Fox put his phone down on the counter with the tray he was taking outside.
"Nick what happened to you?" asked Fox as he took Nick from Dylan's hands.
"Cristina was having fun with the sand." Said Dylan as he helped his best buddy clean his son off.
Whitney looked over him and said, "Nick! Goodness! Fox hurry and clean him up, dinner's ready."
"Yes. Ma'am." Fox said joking.
Fox and Dylan took Nick up the bathroom to clean up as Whitney carried the dinner outside.
** 5 minutes later **
"Amen." Replied everyone.
Everyone was eating dinner and having a great time on the beach. Fox looked at Teresa and started to laugh, "Hey! Remember what happened the last time we were on a beach Teresa?"
She looked up from cleaning off Tina and said, "Yeah. Could I forget?" Everyone laughed and Teresa looked at Fox, "Sweetie, what are you burning inside. Whitney is going to kill you if you mess up her kitchen."
"I'm not burning anything!"
Everyone looked at each other and turned around and faced the house. The kitchen was up in flames. "Oh my gawd! My kitchen!" "Whitney, your kitchen? Just thank God you weren't in there!" "Yeah, yeah." Fox reached in his pocket to grab his cell phone except he left it in the house earlier when he took Nick from Dylan. "Great. No one has a phone?" Teresa spoke up and said, "Looks like Tina has one!" Everyone looked at Tina, who had Dylan's phone and Dylan took his phone and called 911.
The fire was spreading fast and the firefighters weren't going fast enough. The whole right side of the house blew up into one flame and killed three firefighters. Their bodies were removed from the ashes of the house and Fox ordered the men to tell him what may have started the fire. The firemen, laughing, said, "There was a "love toy" charging in the kitchen. It may have been overcharged and sparked a flame and literally blew everything." Teresa wanted to laugh. Fox looked serious, "A love toy?" "Yeah, have you ever seen that movie "Just Married"?" "No." "Well, Ashton Kutcher puts a dildo (how you spell it?") to charge and it starts a huge fire." "A dildo? Who had a dildo?" Fox looked around and Dylan couldn't hold it in any longer, "Me." "You?" "Yeah, me and Whitney wanted to try something new." "Gross!" said Fox as he picked up Dylan's cell phone to arrange for the Crane house in Malibu to be set up for six people.
*~*~*~*~* A month later in the Crane Pent House ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Teresa was having some stomach pains and she began to get worried. She was raising her kids and her family across the United States, away from her family, and was pretty stressed out about it. Fox never mentioned possibly moving to California until recently. Once he mentioned it, her pains got worse. Teresa went to doctor and confirmed what she thought it was and yes she was pregnant, again.
She didn't tell Fox about her pains because she didn't want him to worry. She was starting worry about how bad the pains were getting and told Whitney.
"Whitney, I'm pregnant again!"
"Wow! Again? Congratulations! Did you tell Fox?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. I don't want him worry. I mean, he'll be able to tell within a couple of weeks and he's busy now with Julian assigning him a case in California."
"Teresa, you should tell him. Dylan and I could take the kids off your hands for an evening or so."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I mean, he should know."
"I guess so."
"Duh. Of course he should."
*~*~*~*~* L.F. house in Harmony ~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Charity, please talk to me!"
"No! Miguel, I'm taking the kids and I'm going to back to my aunt Grace's. I don't want to be with you right now."
He grabbed her and pulled her close, "Please Charity, tell me what's wrong."
"You never hold me anymore or kiss me anymore or make love to me anymore."
Miguel looked at her and said, "That's it? That's the reason you want to leave me?"
"Not leave, just put some sense into your head."
"Charity, that's stupid."
"Oh it is? Well fine," she slapped him, "let's see how stupid it is when you don't have me or the kids."
Charity stormed out the front door with her kids and took off to her Aunt Grace's home.
{}{}{}{}{}{}{} That night {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
Antonio and Beth had been fighting all week, day and night and it was driving everyone crazy. Beth had the same complaints as Charity did except she was a little nastier about it. It seemed as if the whole Lopez- Fitzgerald home was falling apart. Beth made Antonio sleep in another room and Miguel slept in his normal room except not alone. Miguel was starting to see Allison, Fox's sister, more often these days. When Charity left, it was more convenient to see Ally when he pleased and how he pleased.
*~*~*~*~*~* Malibu at Fox's office *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* [ knock on door ]
"Come in."
"Fox?"
"Hey babe!"
"Hey. Can I talk to you?"
"Sure." Fox put his pen down and closed his laptop and signaled Teresa to sit on his lap.
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"I said guess."
"Geez! Um, let me think." He scratched his chin as Teresa played with his hair.
"I don't know. I give up."
"You can't give up! You didn't even guess."
"Fine. Dylan and Whitney are getting married."
"No. Are they?"
"I don't know. I don't think so."
"Okay. Try again."
"I don't know! Just tell me!"
"Okay." She put his hand on her stomach and smiled. He looked at her stomach and looked up at her and smiled, "No way!"
"Yes way!"
"Aaaaaah! Teresa!" He hugged her and kissed her. "That's awesome!"
"Yeah. Well, I'm about three months along and I wanted you to come with me to get a sonogram."
"Well, we both know that those things never really told us much before, but I will definitely go with you."
She smiled at him and kissed his cheek. She was glad she told him. Maybe he'd start to spend more time at home now with her and the kids.
** R&R please. ** Preview for next chapter: Takes place six months down the road when Teresa and Fox have bought a new home in Malibu. The twins have been growing up in a "California style" life vs. A "Harmony/ East coast style" life. And we'll also go back to Harmony to develop the lives of Miguel, Allison, Charity, Luis, Sheridan, Beth and Antonio.
Chapter 35: Getting Away
Fox and Teresa were carrying on with their lives, much to the dismay of Ethan Winthrop who was in jail, and Noah Bennett who decided to live in Harmony anyway. A couple of weeks had past since the twins were back and Fox and Teresa wanted to get away for a couple of days.
"Teresa, we have to get away soon. We haven't been on a family vacation since, since, well, ever!"
"I know. I know. Let's see," she flipped through some books, "well, Key West sounds nice, or Orlando, b/c we could take the kids to Disney world."
"Teresa, why not Malibu Beach in California?"
"Take the kids to Malibu?"
"Yeah. There's the beach, and the water, and parks, and Dylan and Whitney are staying there for a while because Whitney has so many matches there these days. We could stay with them."
"Well," she looked at him, "I guess so. I mean, since I haven't seen Whitney in so long and all."
"Great. I'll call Dylan and make all the plans." He hopped up from his seat and kissed her and went directly to his cell phone to call Dylan.
Charity walked into room and sat down by Teresa, "Why is he so happy?"
"We're going to Malibu on a family vacation."
"Oh wow. That's so cool! I wish Miguel and I could get away for a while."
"Charity, I'm sorry for always asking you to watch the kids."
"No, it's not that. I love watching the kids. It's just that Miguel and I haven't really been intimate since Chastity was born."
"Not that fantasy thing again?"
"I hope not."
"Well, Miguel loves you and I'm sure if you tried something new with him, he'd be all for it."
"I guess so."
Fox sat down at the table and was getting anxious to talk with Teresa and Charity knew it so she said, "I have to check on the kids. Be right back." She got up from Fox's seat and went to check on the kids as Fox nearly fell over trying to get back to his seat.
"Okay, babe. Plans are made and we leave tonight on the Crane jet."
"Tonight?
"Yeah."
"Fox I won't have enough time to pack for all of us!"
"I'll pack for the kids and you pack for you and me.'
"I don't think so. I don't trust you with packing for anyone."
"Well, I mean it's the Crane jet so we can leave anytime we please.
"Okay. Good." And with that she got to pack clothes and prepare the kids for their first plane trip.
*~*~* Malibu *~*~* (A/N: Everyone is staying at Dylan's penthouse. It has the beach and water in the "backyard".)
"Cristina! Don't throw the sand at him! Dylan! Get over here!"
Dylan was laughing as he took the sand from Cristina who was pounding the sand into Nick's (JR) head.
Fox and Whitney were in the house preparing a picnic Dylan brought Nick in. Fox put his phone down on the counter with the tray he was taking outside.
"Nick what happened to you?" asked Fox as he took Nick from Dylan's hands.
"Cristina was having fun with the sand." Said Dylan as he helped his best buddy clean his son off.
Whitney looked over him and said, "Nick! Goodness! Fox hurry and clean him up, dinner's ready."
"Yes. Ma'am." Fox said joking.
Fox and Dylan took Nick up the bathroom to clean up as Whitney carried the dinner outside.
** 5 minutes later **
"Amen." Replied everyone.
Everyone was eating dinner and having a great time on the beach. Fox looked at Teresa and started to laugh, "Hey! Remember what happened the last time we were on a beach Teresa?"
She looked up from cleaning off Tina and said, "Yeah. Could I forget?" Everyone laughed and Teresa looked at Fox, "Sweetie, what are you burning inside. Whitney is going to kill you if you mess up her kitchen."
"I'm not burning anything!"
Everyone looked at each other and turned around and faced the house. The kitchen was up in flames. "Oh my gawd! My kitchen!" "Whitney, your kitchen? Just thank God you weren't in there!" "Yeah, yeah." Fox reached in his pocket to grab his cell phone except he left it in the house earlier when he took Nick from Dylan. "Great. No one has a phone?" Teresa spoke up and said, "Looks like Tina has one!" Everyone looked at Tina, who had Dylan's phone and Dylan took his phone and called 911.
The fire was spreading fast and the firefighters weren't going fast enough. The whole right side of the house blew up into one flame and killed three firefighters. Their bodies were removed from the ashes of the house and Fox ordered the men to tell him what may have started the fire. The firemen, laughing, said, "There was a "love toy" charging in the kitchen. It may have been overcharged and sparked a flame and literally blew everything." Teresa wanted to laugh. Fox looked serious, "A love toy?" "Yeah, have you ever seen that movie "Just Married"?" "No." "Well, Ashton Kutcher puts a dildo (how you spell it?") to charge and it starts a huge fire." "A dildo? Who had a dildo?" Fox looked around and Dylan couldn't hold it in any longer, "Me." "You?" "Yeah, me and Whitney wanted to try something new." "Gross!" said Fox as he picked up Dylan's cell phone to arrange for the Crane house in Malibu to be set up for six people.
*~*~*~*~* A month later in the Crane Pent House ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Teresa was having some stomach pains and she began to get worried. She was raising her kids and her family across the United States, away from her family, and was pretty stressed out about it. Fox never mentioned possibly moving to California until recently. Once he mentioned it, her pains got worse. Teresa went to doctor and confirmed what she thought it was and yes she was pregnant, again.
She didn't tell Fox about her pains because she didn't want him to worry. She was starting worry about how bad the pains were getting and told Whitney.
"Whitney, I'm pregnant again!"
"Wow! Again? Congratulations! Did you tell Fox?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. I don't want him worry. I mean, he'll be able to tell within a couple of weeks and he's busy now with Julian assigning him a case in California."
"Teresa, you should tell him. Dylan and I could take the kids off your hands for an evening or so."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I mean, he should know."
"I guess so."
"Duh. Of course he should."
*~*~*~*~* L.F. house in Harmony ~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Charity, please talk to me!"
"No! Miguel, I'm taking the kids and I'm going to back to my aunt Grace's. I don't want to be with you right now."
He grabbed her and pulled her close, "Please Charity, tell me what's wrong."
"You never hold me anymore or kiss me anymore or make love to me anymore."
Miguel looked at her and said, "That's it? That's the reason you want to leave me?"
"Not leave, just put some sense into your head."
"Charity, that's stupid."
"Oh it is? Well fine," she slapped him, "let's see how stupid it is when you don't have me or the kids."
Charity stormed out the front door with her kids and took off to her Aunt Grace's home.
{}{}{}{}{}{}{} That night {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
Antonio and Beth had been fighting all week, day and night and it was driving everyone crazy. Beth had the same complaints as Charity did except she was a little nastier about it. It seemed as if the whole Lopez- Fitzgerald home was falling apart. Beth made Antonio sleep in another room and Miguel slept in his normal room except not alone. Miguel was starting to see Allison, Fox's sister, more often these days. When Charity left, it was more convenient to see Ally when he pleased and how he pleased.
*~*~*~*~*~* Malibu at Fox's office *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* [ knock on door ]
"Come in."
"Fox?"
"Hey babe!"
"Hey. Can I talk to you?"
"Sure." Fox put his pen down and closed his laptop and signaled Teresa to sit on his lap.
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"I said guess."
"Geez! Um, let me think." He scratched his chin as Teresa played with his hair.
"I don't know. I give up."
"You can't give up! You didn't even guess."
"Fine. Dylan and Whitney are getting married."
"No. Are they?"
"I don't know. I don't think so."
"Okay. Try again."
"I don't know! Just tell me!"
"Okay." She put his hand on her stomach and smiled. He looked at her stomach and looked up at her and smiled, "No way!"
"Yes way!"
"Aaaaaah! Teresa!" He hugged her and kissed her. "That's awesome!"
"Yeah. Well, I'm about three months along and I wanted you to come with me to get a sonogram."
"Well, we both know that those things never really told us much before, but I will definitely go with you."
She smiled at him and kissed his cheek. She was glad she told him. Maybe he'd start to spend more time at home now with her and the kids.
** R&R please. ** Preview for next chapter: Takes place six months down the road when Teresa and Fox have bought a new home in Malibu. The twins have been growing up in a "California style" life vs. A "Harmony/ East coast style" life. And we'll also go back to Harmony to develop the lives of Miguel, Allison, Charity, Luis, Sheridan, Beth and Antonio.